Kitchen

[LizzieInSRQ]

@JeanLouiseFinch you are completely prepated!!! Amazing!

[Carmie]

I always have zip lock bags in sandwich and quart sizes for guests to take food home in.

[LindaSal]

It's just my adult kids and their SO's that come so I text them in the morning and remind them to bring their own take home dish.   This way here I no longer "lose" my dishes with covers, LOL!    Though I do think the muffin tin is a smart idea. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@LindaSal wrote:

It's just my adult kids and their SO's that come so I text them in the morning and remind them to bring their own take home dish.   This way here I no longer "lose" my dishes with covers, LOL!    Though I do think the muffin tin is a smart idea. 

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That's what we used to do when my parents were still alive and hosting. 

[wagirl]

When my family gets together for any meal, each of us always brings our own containers for leftovers---

[vermint]

I bought a large package of styrofoam take-out plates years ago...still have some, since we quit hosting the large family dinners soon after (in-laws passed away, others moved). They are divided in three parts--1 larger, 2 smaller, with the foldover lid. 

[Othereeeen]

@JeanLouiseFinch 

UH OH!!! I hope no one reports you to the Lock n Lock League!!!

The containers and ideas presented are MUCH too economical!!!!

You MUST use L+L to give away the extras ( preferably with handles and bags!!!) or you will be exposed as a cheap hostess!!!!

/s so please no one lose your mind!!!!

I actually DO save the lidded containers from Hillshire Farms or Aldi lunch meat over the year just for such a use. I buy the larger packages and they make a nice portable, disposable containers to send stuff home in. Repurpose and reuse!!!

I also use them for cherry tonatoes and green beans that I give to neighbors when they ripen n the summer from the garden...SO MANY that I can't eat!!!

[Marp]

@Othereeeen,  I save and use those Hillshire containers to freeze single meal soups and leftovers.  They not only keep the food surprisingly well stacking them in the freezer is a dream.

[SouthernBee]

@vermint : I purchased the same containers for holiday entertaining and the next year my health change . Just looked in my pantry and have 3/4 package to use.

[Sakuya]

I have seen those disposable muffin tins come with a plastic lid too.